The Brook Country Boys Out Analysis

One of the most intriguing and influential images included in Citizen by Claudia Rankine is the image entitled Blue Black Boy. Blue Black Boy is a visual work of art created by Carrie Mae Weems in 1990’s; Weems is a very successful female African American artist. Through a close reading of the image, I was able to derive meaning out of the various aspects that work together to create such an eloquent work of art.

“The Boys in the Band”, is a play about male homosexual relationships and the revealing truths of being gay in the 1960s. The play gives audiences a distinct perspective of homosexuality on the stage up until that time. The setting is in a New York City apartment that is owned by Michael. He and his gay friends are preparing a birthday party for Harold. Alan McCarthy, a former college roommate of Michael, also shows up at the party unexpectedly. In this paper, we will focus on Alan and Harold and their behaviors and impacts in the play.

In the book All American Boys what the authors suggest about the nature of bias is that it is a factor in the lives of many people in some way, and is one of the main reasons why society is not equal. This is shown when the general white population in the book sides with Paul after the altercation with Rashad, even though the plot made it so clear Paul was in the wrong. The first piece of evidence is when the presumably white school committee was only looking for spray paint cans in the lockers of students of color, which is portrayed in the following quote said by Jill: “‘That’s what I saw. Three black students, boys, in a row. Then Martinez. They skipped me!’” (183). Jill was so outraged by what happened at this point in the book because

Justin Rollins, raised in the streets of South-London, was deprived of a childhood where he fought for purpose in a world filled with racism and violence. In his book “The Lost Boyz” he tells us the crucial events which occurred throughout his upbringing which shaped his journey through his teenage years. This essay will critically evaluate the theories and explanations for Rollins’ offending behaviour using a wide range of criminological perspectives.

Within the content of this paper, I will be describing the four theories learned from the readings this week. The theory’s that will be covered are Racial Identity Theory, Social Capital Theory, Critical Race Theory, and what Cultural Competency is. I will also provide examples of each theory along with a brief video and movie clips to further demonstrate my comprehension.

Dogtown and the Z-boys is a movie that represented the concept of youth subcultures. It expressed social conflicts associated with class, and culture. Although, the Dogtown movement first started off as a surfer subculture. Later, environmental, and historical consequences created the skater subculture. What is seen in this film is a minority group of teenagers from the outskirts of South Santa Monica and Venice beach. The skater subculture in Dogtown was created by the Zephyr club. In which it consisted of teenagers with similar backgrounds and styles. For example, they all came from broken down homes, they were aggressive, competitive, and much localized to their community. In a sense, like in any youth subculture, skaters were consider outcast, and full of trouble. Although, factors relating in social, environmental, and historical impacts lead this subculture to become very influential during its time period, and to become skating trailblazers.

Kevin Baker uses many of the techniques in "When Rockport Was My Own." I admire his usage of specific detail. "For most of my childhood we lived, very cheaply, in a two-story, wood-frame house, with a yard full of trees and a wood behind us. We ate wild blackberries straight from the bushes that grew along the edge of our backyard, spent the summers swimming in abandoned granite quarries and skated over their black-green depths in the winter." I admire Baker's usage of the specific detail because it furthers the mental image of the reader. The reader is able to now visualize an old, two-story, run-down house with a yard containing many trees and a wood behind the property. From Baker giving more specific details, the reader is also given a glimpse into the childhood of Baker. The reader knows that he spent his time finding and eating black berries, swimming in granite quarries and skating over them in the winter. Because the author shares this information, the reader not only gets a glimpse into his childhood but has the opportunity to make connection between the Baker's childhood and their own. The specific details, like the one quoted above, makes the story more interesting, engaging, and enjoyable for the reader to read.

Introduction: In 1948, Richard Kuklinski, at the age 13, was ambushed and beat up by Charley Lane, the leader of a small gang of teenagers popularly known as "The Project Boys," who had bullied him for some time. Following a particularly bad beating young Richard sought revenge, attacking Charley Lane with a thick wooden rod eventually beating him to death. Although he denied wanting to kill Lane, the bully did not wake up. Kuklinski then dumped Lane's body off a bridge in South Jersey after removing his teeth and chopping off his finger tips with a hatchet in an effort to prevent identification of the body. The body was never found. Kuklinski then went in search of the other boys in the gang. He found a metal pole the trash and beat

Ricky: “Man, just f*%k all that s*%t, right. I'm going in the f*%kin' Army.” Tre: “You're going to do what? Man, what are you, a damn fool?”

Pershing dared to defy the white man who came into his district asking him to procure a "nice, clean colored" girl for sex. I think he did that because of three reasons. Firstly, he could never dare to defend his sister, never stand up to gang of white men with snuff in their mouth yelling out what they what do to her. And then, when the white man asked him that, his anger flared as strong because his sister as well as the other colored girls were offended seriously about honor and dignity of the human. So to protest them, he had decided to fight back, resist the white man. Secondly, he lived in whites's oppression and repression. He saw many colored people who was killed, hanged, burned alive without any reasons. This was the world he was

In Boyz N The Hood directed by John Singleton, Tre learns how people are trying to exploit and kill black people from his father trying to help him in his future. Furious takes Tre to a billboard in a shady neighborhood and shows him how people at taking the property value of the area down. The shot is a medium shot of the bill board with a low angle. The low angle shows how the billboard has a greater meaning than just a billboard but something that has power over all of the people that are living there. The next shot is a medium close up eye level angle shot of Furious as he is talking to the crowd that has gathered around him. The shot shows how Furious is explaining to them how people are trying to bring the property value down frustrates

So the next morning while Kevin was eating his bowl of cereal, Howie came down half asleep to make coffee to wake him. Kevin asked Howie " I want to prove to you that Cornwall deserves to do this with me" Howie says " Talk me to me when after I drank my coffee". Kevin whispers to Cornwall " I think we are in".

On the date, Gary touches Veronica/Shawn inappropriately and gives him a ‘massage’ implying that he ‘wants it’ because of what Veronica/Shawn is wearing when in reality, he just wanted to look nice. After several refusals of Gary’s inappropriate touching, Shawn notices that Gary just continues despite the dismissals. Bearing in mind the disastrous date, Cory and Shawn soon realize that girls say no constantly but boys just commonly don’t listen to those rejections (4).

The start of the story was a disagreement between William and Hester. The disagreement arose within the first line of the story when Hester stated, “William, I don’t think it would hurt you to let the boys go to that circus tomorrow. “ There was a few kids in the story known as “Jim Howley’s boys, “ which is the reason William doesn’t want their kids to take part in the circus, Hester stated “… I know Jim Howley’s boys … carry on when they go, but our boys aren’t that sort…,” in hopes that William will change his mind about letting their kids go to the circus.

The theme that the two passages share is, If you take chances you might learn from them. I think this is the theme of these passages because in both stories the main characters take chances or are offered to take a chance with something. In Boys Life Cory is offered to do a writing contest because he had the best writing in the class. In Emancipation:A Life Fable the animal is invited to take a chance and leave his cage.